Applique ornament for fabrics



I Feb. 24, 1953 s, CASHA 2,629,195

APPLIQUE ORNAMENT FOR FABRICS Filed March 8, 1950 INVENToR. SALVATORE CASHA zult Patented Feb. 24,n 1953 UNITED sTATEsgPATr-:NT OFFICE `APPLIQUE ORNAMENT FOR FABRICS `Salvatore Casha, Brooklyn, N. Y. Application/March 8, 1950, Serial No. 148,388 (o1. 41-10) A 4IClaims.

l This invention relates to ornamental articles of clth, silk, rayon, Celanese or the like, and particularly articles having ornamental transparent or `translucent puied 4appliques thereon. Such articles are used in the manufacture of quilts, wearing apparel, millinery, draperies, covers for tables or the like, or other uses.

Heretofore such articles have been manufac- 'tured by stitching a transparent or translucent sheet to another sheet of the material on which the applique is to be applied, the stitching not L wears through or mars the` sai-d material at such puffed out portions. I

One object of the invention, therefore, is the provision of a backing sheet for the said pulled out portion of the said material, said backing sheet lending body thereto and preventing said sliding about. I

` Another fault with such articles is that their beauty is reduced considerably as the transparent or translucent pocket covering sheet becomes p marred by handling. I I I A further object of -the invention is the provision of one or more easily removed protective transparent or translucent sheets above said pocket covering sheet, the said protectivesheets being removed in turn as they become marred, thus substantially increasing the life of the article.

Still another object of the invention is to tint said protective sheets so as to blend the colors thereof with the colors ofthe thread in said pockets so that as each protective sheet is removed the article takes on a different appearance with respect to the color scheme thereof.

- For further comprehension of the invention,

.f and of the objects and advantages thereof, refer- -ence will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the` appended I claims in which the various novel features of the of Fis. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1 but of a modied form ofthe invention.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional View on line 5--5 of Fig. 4.

Referring to Fig. 1, a sheet I 0 of colorless transparent or translucent plastic is affixed to a sheet I I of silk or the like on which the applique is to be formed. The plastic sheet I0 has the outline of said applique and is secured to sheet II by rows of stitching I3 which form the design of the applique and also form several pockets Il desired color.

between the two sheets. By the rows of stitching I3 a backing sheet I5 of cotton batting or the like having generally the same outline asthe .sheet I0, is secured to the rear face of sheet' II.

The pockets I4 are puffed out to form the desired design by wads of colored thread IS, the `thread in the several pockets differing in color as the design of the applique requires.

The thread I6 preferably is placed inthe pook `ets I4 in the following manner:

A hollow needle having an opening through its longitudinal center through which is fed the co1- ored thread I6, has its one end inserted into the pockets I 4 through backing sheet I5 and sheet II. The opposite end of the needle is .connected to a rubber tube leading to a tank containing air under pressure. When the operator steps upon a foot pedal a blast of air is released and `forces the colored thread through the needle into the pocket thus `filling the pocket with threadof the `A11 ofV the pockets may be fined mth thread of one color, or each with thread of a different color, or one or more each with thread of several colors.

It will be seen therefore that the invention profvides a puff applique includinga backing sheet I5 s, of cotton batting which not only lends body to the sheet `II to prevent `tearing through of the stitches and to prevent wear of the puffed out portions thereof, but also` when the decorated article is a table cover or a quilt or the like, acts as a sort of retainer to prevent the same from sliding about. In this latter regard it will be understood that a large table cover or quilt would be provided with several decorative puff appliques and would therefore have several retaining sheets I? spread about on its under surface to hold it in p ace.

In the modified form of the invention shownin Figs. 4 and 5, two or more sheets I1 of transparent or translucent plastic are superimposed on the plastic sheet I0, each being heldin place by a single row of continuous stitching I8 which follow the outline of the applique.

The construction is such that simply by removing the appropriate row of stitches I8 the topmost protective sheet I1 is freed from the applique and can be discarded, such action being taken after said sheet has become marred or worn by usage. This exposes the protective sheet I7 immediately therebeneath, which sheet, in time, is removed in the same way, and so on.

The invention also contemplates that the protective sheets H may be tinted all the same color or eacha different color, so that the color scheme of the applique Idue to the colored thread IS is modified or changed by each sheet Il. In this manner when all of the sheets Il are in place' a definite Acolor scheme is presented, but as each Vsheet is removed the color scheme changes. Thus, not only is the beauty of the article replenished each time a worn or marred sheet Il `is removed, but the appearance thereof is modified somewhat and the article is, so to speak, new again.

It is to be mentionedthat the sheets l1 need notibe left in place until they become worn but may be removed merelyto change the appearance vof .thearticle For example, by removing a sheet I1 from the applique of a table cover that has been utilized in one decorative-setting, the table cover can `be modified in appearance to complement the dcor of .another setting.

While I have illustrated and described the'preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be ,understood'that do not limit myself to the pre- Voise constructions herein disclosed and the right 4is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as dened in the appended claims.

Having vthus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

V1. An ornamental applique'as applied to a sheet of fabric material, comprising a sheet of transparent plastic having a specific cutout design positioned on the front face of the sheet of fabric, a piece of'reinforcing material having the same vcutout design-as said sheet of transparent plastic positioned against the'rear face of the sheet of fabric in alignment with said sheet of transparent plastic, lines of stitches in a decorative pattern se- -curing together said sheet of transparent material, the -sheet of fabric and said piece of reinforcing material and forming pockets between the adjacent faces of said sheet of transparent plastic fand the sheet of fabric, and decorative llermaterial insaid pockets to be seen through said sheet Yof transparent materiahsaid ller material having a mass puffing voutsaid pockets to provide an applique effect.

2. An ornamental'applique as applied to a sheet 'of fabric material, compri-sing a sheet of transparent plastic having a specific cutout design positioned on' the front face of the sheet of fabric,

a piece of reinforcing material having the same cutout design as said sheet of transparent plastic positionedagainst the rear face of the sheet of fabric in alignment with said sheet of trans- 1 parent plastic, lines of stitches in a decorative Jpattern securing Vtogether said sheet of transparent material, thek sheet of fabricand said piece of ireinforcing material and forming pockets between v'the adjacent faces of said sheet of transparent plastic and the sheet of fabric, and decorative.,

Afiller material in said pockets to be seen through said sheet of transparent material, said fillerrria- 3. An ornamental applique as applied to a sheet of fabric material, comprising a sheet of transparent plastic having a specific cutout design positioned on the front face of the sheet of fabric, a piece of reinforcing material having the same cutout design as said sheet of transparent plastic positioned against the rearface of the sheet of fabric in alignment with said sheet of transparent plastic, lines of stitches in a decorative pattern securing together said sheet of transparent material, the sheet of fabric and said piece of reinforcing material and forming pockets between vthe adjacent faces of said sheet of transparent plastic and the sheet of fabric, and decorative filler material in said pockets to be seen through said sheet of transparent material, said filler material having a mass pufling out said pockets to providev an appliqueeffect and individually removable protective `sheets of transparent jmaterial jhaving the same cutout design secured in position over saidiirst sheetof transparent material.

4. An ornamental applique as applied to a sheet of fabric material, comprising asheet of transparent plastic having aspecic cutout design positioned ont-he front face of the sheet of fabric, a piece of reinforcing materialhaving the same cutout design as Vsaid sheet of transparent plastic positioned against the -rear face of the sheet of fabric in alignment with said sheet of1transparent plastic, lines of stitches in a decorative pattern securing together saidsheet of vtransparent material, the sheet of fabric and said piece of reinforcing material and forming pockets between the adjacent faces of said sheet of transparent plastic and the sheet of fabric, and decorative filler material in said pockets to be seen through said sheet of transparent material, said filler material having a mass pufling out said pockets to provide an applique effect and individually removable protective sheets of transparent material having the saine cutout design secured in position over said first sheet of transparent material, each of said removable protective Sheets being of a size slightly greater than the next lower protective sheet or said first sheet of transparent plastic so that each of said protective sheets has a peripheral edge portion projecting beyond the vnext Y lower protective sheet or said rst sheet of transparent material, and separate rows of'stitches securing the projecting peripheral edge portion of each of said protective sheets to the sheet 0f fabric beyond the periphery of'saidl first sheet of transparent plastic.

SALVATORE'CASHA.

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